Millions of people in the High Plains will experience widespread wind gusts between 60 to 80 mph, from Montana to Kansas.

A winter storm will dump up to 12 inches of snow across a large portion of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. on Wednesday and Thursday.

As cold air continues to surge out of central Canada, more clipper storms will roll from the Midwest to the Northeast with rounds of snow, lake-effect snow and gusty winds into the middle of the new week.

A blizzard is a couple of giant steps above a winter storm. According to the National Weather Service, a storm officially qualifies as a blizzard when winds reach or exceed 35 mph and when the visibility drops to only a quarter mile or less. These conditions need to stay active for at least 3 hours.

Pedestrians walk in the snow Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Northampton. A winter storm dropped several inches of snow across the Lehigh Valley, leading to messy travel conditions.

The number of trees which came down across Cornwall in Storm Goretti may never be known but it is estimated to be in the thousands, a councillor has said.